Adriana, Captain of the Guard
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SetPZ2
Collector #45
Released2016-11-16
Rarityrare
ArtistChris Rallis
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Adriana, Captain of the Guard

RareColour IDMV 5
Legendary Creature — Human Knight
Melee (Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each opponent you attacked this combat.)
Other creatures you control have melee. (If a creature has multiple instances of melee, each triggers separately.)
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Keywords
Melee
Card capabilities
CreatureLegendary creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
4 other English printingsEarliest 2016-08-26Newest 2023-02-10Cheapest priced $0.35 in CN2
Rulings (4)
wotc23 Aug 2016
Creatures that enter the battlefield attacking were never declared as attackers, so they won't count toward melee's effect. Similarly, if a creature with melee enters the battlefield attacking, melee won't trigger.
wotc23 Aug 2016
Melee will trigger if the creature with melee attacks a planeswalker. However, the effect counts only opponents (and not planeswalkers) that you attacked with a creature when determining the bonus.
wotc23 Aug 2016
It doesn't matter how many creatures you attacked a player with, only that you attacked a player with at least one creature. For example, if you attack one player with Wings of the Guard and another player with five creatures, Wings of the Guard will get +2/+2 until end of turn.
wotc23 Aug 2016
You determine the size of the bonus as the melee ability resolves. Count each opponent that you attacked with one or more creatures. It doesn't matter if the attacking creatures are still attacking or even if they are still on the battlefield. It also doesn't matter if the opponent you attacked is still in the game.
Ranked by shared capabilities, colour identity, mana value and type — never by strategic judgement.